Faith...Moving into a deeper experience of this Goddess Quality

I have awakened feeling way more centered. I have awakened
pondering faith. For 1 year I have been seeking to experience
more faith in the The Great Mother.

When I think about what faith is, I think I can explain
it, which is not a good answer because I have been working on
this for almost a year now. Shouldn't I know what faith is
by now?

I have picked up what I consider to be my dictionary for
spiritual terms...One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla
Vanzant. After reading her explanation of faith, I am amazed.

First of all she writes that faith is knowing based on truth.
Okay. Truth. This is Maat, one of the energies with which we are
working with during this fast. Maat says to "LIVE TRUTH!"

We know that truth is spiritual law, which is unchanging
and works everytime for everyone. It is using these spiritual
laws and principles that govern how the world we live in
operates.

Iyanla writes "that faith is the result of your knowledge
and unwavering belief in the perfect operation of
spiritual laws. When you know and understand the laws of
the spiritual universe, you have faith that they will work
on your behalf. When you do not know spiritual law, you
place your faith in the belief that something or someone
can cause something to happen or keep it from happening."

This explanation has made my understanding of faith a
little deeper and is giving me something to work with.
As a result I am now in the midst of studying various
laws of the Universe.

Something else that I like from Iyanla's words is that
we all have faith. It is not about getting more faith. It
is about looking at where we place our faith.

Many of us KNOW that Christmas is Dec 25. We know that we
will awaken in the morning and that our bathroom will be
down the hall on the left. We just know these things. This
is faith.

What I seek to do for the rest of the fast is to see where
I place my unwaivering faith. For instance, when I sat
down to write this piece, there was no doubt in my mind
whatsoever that my chair would hold me.

As I type there is no doubt that my fingers will move
exactly as I need them and the words will appear on the screen.

My question for myself is do I have this same faith in The
Great Mother/God/Source Energy? Do I KNOW without a doubt
that everything in my life IS taken care of?

What I seek to do is to take the success that I have had at
being faithful in other things and parlay it to the bigger
picture of my life. I seek to walk in faith in The Great Mother
despite what the facts are showing me.

This is a radical shift for me. I have experienced those
faith-filled moments of knowing. But for each and
every step I take to be one of faith?...whew. I have been
known to be a worry-wart!

But I am excited at dying to that former title and basing
my entire life on my knowingness and complete and utter
belief in the laws of the Universe.

My friend Adeeb suggested that it is better to consciously
exercise one's faith on a regular basis so that operating
from that place is a natural way of being.

The example he used is that faith is like a muscle. It must
be used regularly so that it will grow and get stronger.
I love that. I prefer to learn in non-stressful situations.
I can rise to any occasion but why wait for desparate times
in order to benefit from something as wonderful as faith?